Using two textbooks

[Zues]

What did you do?

[Zues]

our school uses heinnamann so i have to do it as a work requirement...

I have two options, if someone can help me out

1) over the holidays finish most of the essentials book, so that in class i use Heinemann and do practice questions
2) finish Heinemann over the holidays so that once im at school i can do chapter reviews out of essentials, couple of exercises i suck at as well and simultaneously do practice questions.

Option 1 i do 2 books, option 2 i do 1 book..

[~V]

My school uses heinemann and it's pretty bad. Go ahead with maths quest/essential, but exams are the best prep. You don't have to do whole papers, just pick out questions relevant to a topic for a SAC or a topic you struggle with.

[Zues]

How are you doing about it?, i can go ahead with essentials, but ultimately ill have to do heinnamann as a work requirement in class etc. ?

[Mieow]

You can do what I did throughout the year, do the prescribed (or most of it) Heinemann work in class and then do Essentials at home. Or you could just skip straight to the Chapter Reviews of Essentials, the Short-Answer and Extended Response questions there are very good - but sometimes harder than VCAA questions

[Zues]

by "essentials at home", what did you do? the whole chapter or just chapter reviews?

[Zues]

i assume the chapter review has all the hard questions so its best doing this compared to all the exercises?

[psyxwar]

I guess it depends on how strict this 'work requirement' is. Maybe ask your teachers if you can just do essentials? If you do well on tests and SACs I don't see why it matters at all, though I guess some math faculties might be uptight about this

[AirLandBus]

Is Hinemann really that bad?
We use them but i dont think we have to. So maybs ill switch over.

[Zues]

I plan on doing the course in the heinnamann book and then do chapter reviews in math quest and essentials, is this good?

[Zues]

math quest or essentials or heinnamann, which one do you think i should do?

points to consider
- which one will be best prep
- best extended answer questions
- most updated (tho this depends on edition)
- the book that must accurately aligns with VCAA standard

[pi]

Using two textbooks is a fantastic aim, but it rarely happens. I'd stick to one book (MQ for example - good explanations and questions aren't terrible either) and if I had more time I'd hit up some old prac exams (like 2005 or something, you won't be doing these at the end of the year and maths it maths so relevant content; or use AN/Neap guides or w/e floats your boat) to do exam-style questions on your topic. Textbooks don't do well on the exam-style questions and I don't think doing work from 2 textbooks is worth it and most people just can't be f'd when VCE comes.

[Zues]

Using two textbooks is a fantastic aim, but it rarely happens. I'd stick to one book (MQ for example - good explanations and questions aren't terrible either) and if I had more time I'd hit up some old prac exams (like 2005 or something, you won't be doing these at the end of the year and maths it maths so relevant content; or use AN/Neap guides or w/e floats your boat) to do exam-style questions on your topic. Textbooks don't do well on the exam-style questions and I don't think doing work from 2 textbooks is worth it and most people just can't be f'd when VCE comes.

I saw your generalised textbook summaries and at our school we use heinnemann. I do have the other two textbooks, but after doing heinnemann questions its just really crap. Really basic, however our school forces us to do as a "work requirement".

What should i do? should i request to do another book instead?

[Zues]

is essentials too hard that its not accurate to what VCAA gives? is math quest the best one?

[IndefatigableLover]

is essentials too hard that its not accurate to what VCAA gives? is math quest the best one?

There are questions that are definitely harder than VCAA level (ER at the back of each chapter) however they provide solid revision and may help you prepare better for Exam 2 by changing the way in how you tackle each problem. If you persevere with Essentials then you should be fine I reckon (the revision chapters are too good to dismiss for Methods anyway).